SUSPENSION

Sydney: As hundreds of search crews frantically scour the waters off Indonesia where AirAsia Flight 8501 went down, a couple of ships a few thousand kilometres to the south are quietly combing another patch of ocean for perhaps the most infamous missing plane of all time - Malaysia Airlines Flight...

Chandigarh: A day after three men got belted by two siblings on a moving bus in Haryana's Rohtak district for harassing them, the state government on Monday suspended the driver and conductor of the bus.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar lauded the girls for their bravery. "I will recommend the names...

Lucknow: Seventy-two chairmen and advisors of different organisations and institutions enjoying minister of state rank in Uttar Pradesh were today sacked by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav with immediate effect, an official spokesman here said.
The chief minister has sacked 72 chairmen and advisors of different organisations and institutions with immediate effect,...

Washington: Citing the presence of a large number of Islamist extremists in European countries, a Democratic lawmaker sought an immediate suspension of visafree travel to the US from countries like Britain, Germany and France.
"I urge the Administration to immediately suspend the Visa Waiver Programme for countries such as Great...

Barasat: The Titagarh Wagon Limited issued suspension of work notice at one of its two units at Titagarh in North 24 Parganas district.
The management put up the suspension of work notice at the gate of the unit.
The company chairman J P Chowdhary said "this aroused out of indiscipline...

A police outpost incharge and three constables were suspended for allegedly beating a truck driver in Raebareli, police said.
The accused have been identified as Incharge of Gengaso police outpost, Mahendra Pratap Singh, constables Awadhesh Singh, Mahendra Singh and Kamlesh Patel, Superintendent of Police N Kolanchi said.
They were suspended after the...

Body of a 15yearold girl who was abducted along with her sister on July 25 was recovered from Kairana town in Shamli district, following which three police personnel have been suspended for alleged negligence.
Two sisters aged 15 and 20, were allegedly abducted by 12 people from Kairana town.
While the body...

Germany: All Formula One teams have removed the front and rear interconnected suspension from their cars before the German Grand Prix after FIA said the system could be illegal.
FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer says, "I can confirm that no car is fitted with a front to rear linked suspension system...

A total of 54 headmasters of governmentrun primary and middle schools in Bihar have been suspended for misusing funds from the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to build their own homes instead of constructing classrooms, officials said.
The suspended headmasters had been provided SSA funds amounting to Rs.5 crore to construct new...

New Delhi: A Station House Officer was on Friday suspended for entering the wrong side of the driving lane when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was returning to his residence, 5 RCR.
An enquiry has been ordered against the said officer for breaching the PM's highlevel security.
The SHO is also said to...

Two subinspectors of police in Amethi district have been suspended for dereliction of duty.
District Superintendent of Police Hira Lal on Saturday ordered suspension of Ramganj police outpost incharge O P Singh and subinspector of Gauriganj police station PN Saroj. Both of them have been sent to Police Lines.
Singh was suspended...

A police constable has been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty in searching a missing minor girl who was allegedly later gangraped and murdered in Jhalawar district even as Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje asked the state police to accord top priority to raperelated case.
Family members of the girl, who went...

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday night ordered the suspension of Labour Enforcement Officer of Badaun district on the charges of dereliction of duty.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has suspended Labour Enforcement Officer, Badaun, R P Yadav, with immediate effect and a departmental enquiry has been initiated against him, a statement...

Chennai: In what could be a major political development in Tamil Nadu politics, MDMK general secretary Vaiko met suspended DMK leader MK Alagiri at his residence in Madurai on Sunday.
Meeting between the two leaders holds significance as it comes days after the MDMK became a part of the BJP-led NDA...

Madhya Pradesh Government on Friday suspended an executive engineer and two engineers following the collapse of a portion of an under-construction fly-over on Thursday.
Three labourers were injured in the collapse.
Public Works Department sources said Executive Engineer R N Mishra and two Assistant Engineers were suspended for alleged negligence on Friday.
The...

New Delhi: IPS officer G Sampath Kumar who started investigation into the IPL betting and fixing scandal has been suspended. Tamil Nadu DGP told CNN IBN that the action against Kumar was taken for his misconduct.
Kumar had earlier in the month revealed that a bookie named Kitty had claimed that...

A UP police constable has been suspended after he was booked for allegedly raping a woman in Bahraichdistrict, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
A woman had accused constable Santosh posted at Nanpara police station of raping her. Based on her complaint an FIR was lodged against him, Superintendent of...

Four police constables were on Friday suspended for allegedly beating a man and his three friends while they were partying at his residence and threatening to frame them in a false case if they did not give money.
Senior Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Singh issued suspension orders of all four police...

Chennai: In his first reaction on the Alagiri suspension issue, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said that he was suspended because he used "harsh words" against Stalin.
"Alagiri came to my house on January 24 and complained regarding Stalin and troubled me and used harsh words. Alagiri told me Stalin...

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that he will look into the matter raised by the Aam Aadmi Partyled Delhi government. He said, "This is a matter between the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi chief minister. Since the complaint has been brought to me, I will look into it." Chief...

Over 150 students have been suspended by the deans of three medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly using "unfair means" to clear PreMedical Tests (PMT) conducted between 2006 and 2012 to secure admission to MBBS course.
Confirming this, Director, Medical Education Dr SS Khushwaha said that all these 153 students...

New Delhi: Flight operations came to a standstill on Sunday night after dense fog enveloped the IGI Airport leading to delay in schedule of around 40 flights.
Around 150 domestic and international flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport had been affected earlier in the day due to fog, causing inconvenience...

The SubDivisional Magistrate of Vikasnagar was suspended after a report by the District Magistrate here indicted him of not acting against illegal mining flourishing in the area.
SDM Vikasnagar Arvind Pandey was suspended on the basis of a report submitted by Dehradun District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam, which said illegal mining was...

Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday suspended Director Sports Shailesh Kumar Singh on charges of dereliction of duty.
"The officer was creating hurdle in development activities for sports.
"He held estimate file of swimming pool to be constructed in Saifai (Etawah). Later he sent file but did mention reasons for delay", an official...

A youth, arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16yearold girl, reportedly committed suicide in police custody on Monday. Five policemen, including the police station incharge, have been suspended by the SSP over the incident and case has also been lodged against them on the complaint of the deceased's mother.
The SSP has...

Four policemen were suspended for negligence of duty after a tribal man and a married woman were allegedly beaten up and their faces blackened by Khokariya villagers who disapproved of a relationship between the two, police said in Dhar on Thursday.
Dhamnod police station incharge Mukesh Ijardar, a subinspector and two...

Janata Dal(U) on Wednesday suspended two rebel MPs from the party for six years following their antiparty activities, a senior official said.
The decision to suspend Jainarayan Nishad and Purnamasi Ram was taken by JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav considering their persistent antiparty activities, Bihar JD(U) chief Bashistha Narayan Singh told...

Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh on Sunday wrote to the party leadership, including TMC supremo Mamata Banergee, urging for revocation of the suspension order served on him, saying he was sorry if his comments had hurt any party worker.
Ghosh, however, said he would stick to the issues he...